# Pinball Companion: Strategy — Rules, tips & tournament play > Rules, tips & tournament play (iPhone/iPad app by Pascal Peltriaux.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinball-companion-strategy/id6815433914 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Pascal Peltriaux](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895413186) - Category: Reference, Sports - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 112 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-09-29 - Data updated: 2026-10-08 ## What is Pinball Companion? Pinball Companion is a pocket reference for competitive pinball. Every guided machine opens on a Tournament Playbook: the few steps a strong player follows, in order, each saying exactly which shot starts, lights or collects what. TOURNAMENT PLAYBOOK Short, numbered steps you can read between balls. No wall of text, no hunting for the one rule that matters. RULES, LAYOUT AND HISTORY - Rules: the scoring skeleton, modes, multiballs and wizard modes, written in our own words and fact-checked against cited sources - Layout: every shot numbered, with what it does; many machines show pins on a real playfield photo - History: designers, release and how the machine fits into pinball's story IDENTIFY A MACHINE WITH THE CAMERA Point your phone at a backglass or the cabinet. The app reads the printed title on your phone and jumps straight to that machine. Nothing is uploaded. BUILT FOR THE VENUE - Works fully offline: the whole database ships inside the app - Search, or browse by era, manufacturer, designer and decade - Star machines and keep your own notes in the Library, synced through your iCloud - Dark, high-contrast design readable in a dim arcade EVENTS Tournament banks for shows and club nights, with every machine one tap from its guide, and a count of how many you have a guide for. Star the events you follow and sort by what is near you. NO ACCOUNTS, NO TRACKING No sign-in, no ads, no analytics. The app collects no data. Optional tips in Settings support development and unlock nothing. Machine facts come from the Open Pinball Database; tournament banks from Match Play Events and the organisers' published line-ups. Pinball Companion is not affiliated with or endorsed by any pinball manufacturer or event organiser; machine and event names are used only to identify them. ## Is Pinball Companion safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Pinball Companion. ## Is Pinball Companion legit? Pinball Companion: Strategy appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pinball Companion is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.2 — 2026-10-08 526 machines now have a guide, up from 269: every machine on the US event banks, the Canadian, European and New Zealand banks, and Turner Pinball's Merlin's Arcade, Ninja Eclipse and Yukon Yeti. Every guide is fact-checked against its sources. 61 more competitions in the Events tab: regular tournaments in Canada, France, Germany, the UK, New Zealand, Spain and Ireland, 457 events in all. Playfield photos with numbered shot pins on 57 machines, and backglass photos on 122. Multiball tips now say how to add a ball: 189 multiballs on 107 machines show the shot that puts another ball into play. ### 1.1 — 2026-09-29 New Events tab: tournament banks for Texas Pinball Festival, BPAC, 42 Australian club competitions and 352 regular US competitions in 44 states and DC, each machine one tap from its guide. Star the events you follow, filter by country and state, and sort by date, nearby or number of games. 269 machines now have a guide, including every machine on the Australian event banks and the most-played machines on the US banks. Strategy now lists each game's skill shots and how to start its multiballs and modes, in collapsible sections under the Tournament Playbook. Playfield photos with numbered shot pins on 91 machines, and backglass photos on 112. The scanner can now also recognise a machine from its backglass artwork. Browse now lives inside Games. ### 1.0 — 2026-09-29 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Pinball Companion | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [PinProf](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinprof/id6758810754) | 4.8 (5) | Free | Reference | | [Skanit – Instant PTCG scanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skanit-instant-ptcg-scanner/id6758763239) | 4.7 (38) | Free | Reference | | [Digital Chant Stand](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/digital-chant-stand/id891132857) | 4.8 (67) | Free | Reference | | [Ripdex: TCG Card Scanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ripdex-tcg-card-scanner/id6742319104) | 4.7 (312) | Free | Reference | | [USAF Connect](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/usaf-connect/id1403806821) | 1.5 (244) | Free | Reference | ## More apps by Pascal Peltriaux - [Authenticate Luxe](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/authenticate-luxe/id6766146285) - [Carioca Chile](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carioca-chile/id6767458601) - [Charty: Kids Visual Schedule](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charty-kids-visual-schedule/id6770372472) - [Belote & Rebelote](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/belote-and-rebelote/id6770815010) - [Blue Rebound: Bouncing Ball](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blue-rebound-bouncing-ball/id6773526162) - [Clink & Think: Preschool Games](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clink-and-think-preschool-games/id6779411695) All apps by Pascal Peltriaux: https://appshunter.io/developer/1895413186 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-08.*